Shared drive limits

[Wayne]

How many uses can access a shared drive. Is it limit?




Thanks

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

On a server, or on a workstation?
With XP Pro there's a 10-connection limit - XP Home has 5. But I'm not sure
where your shared drive is located, so it's hard to say. With a server OS,
it's unlimited.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

How many uses can access a shared drive. Is it limit?

XP Home Edition allows a maximum of 5 other computers to connect to
its shared resources simultaneously. XP Professional allows a maximum
of 10 other computers to connect to its shared resources
simultaneously. Computers that aren't actively connected to a
computer's shared resources don't count against the limit. When a
computer disconnects from a shared resource, it no longer counts
against the limit. See this site for more information:

Inbound Connections Limit in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314882
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